Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying
|
Not currently available
Spectacle of Grief - Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,684
Discovery Miles 26 840
|
|
Spectacle of Grief - Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Hardcover)
Series: Civil War America
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major
figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war
and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing
American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy
processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial
ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of
commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J. Purcell
reveals, Americans' participation in these funeral rites led to
contemplation and contestation over the political and social
meanings of the war and the roles played by the honored dead.
Public mourning for military heroes, reformers, and politicians
distilled political and social anxieties as the country coped with
the aftermath of mass death and casualties. Purcell shows how
large-scale funerals for figures such as Henry Clay and Thomas J.
"Stonewall" Jackson set patterns for mourning culture and Civil War
commemoration; after 1865, public funerals for figures such as
Robert E. Lee, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Winnie Davis
elaborated on these patterns and fostered public debate about the
meanings of the war, Reconstruction, race, and gender.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.